1/23/2025 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) — Pastor Nguyen Manh Hung, 71, was arrested on Jan. 16 for a Facebook post that criticized Vietnam’s communist government.

Authorities charged Nguyen with promoting “anti-state propaganda,” a charge that carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Police reportedly cut off the power to the pastor’s home, entered the home, and arrested the pastor. Officers also confiscated documents, laptops, and phones. Authorities detained Pastor Nguyen’s son and interrogated him for several hours but released him later that night.

Authorities have harassed Pastor Nguyen several times in the last 15 years. But he has continued to publicly challenge corruption and human rights abuses from the communist government, including appearing in 2015 before a U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee investigating violations of religious freedoms in Vietnam.

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